Ticket delivering, receiving, and registering apparatus.



No. 801,254. PATENTED OCT. 10, 1905. A. MARSH.

TICKET DELIVERING, RECEIVING, AND REGISTERING APPARATUS.

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ALBERT MARSH, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

TICKET DELIVERING, RECEIVING, AND REGISTERING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed November 4, 1904. Serial No. 231,4'7.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, ALBERT MARsH, asubject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of 150 Oxford street, London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket Delivering, Receiving, and Registering Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for delivering and registering the delivery of tickets, checks, or the like of the kind described in the specification of Patent No. 693,414.

My improved apparatus is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure l is a vertical section of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is an under-side view with the base removed, showing the ejecting and registering apparatus. Fig. t shows the magazine; Fig. 5, a detail view of the magazine-shutter; Fig. 6, a side View of the weight. Figs. 7 and 8 are details of the ejecting-slide and connections, and Fig. 9 an under-side view of a spring-lever for closing the ejection-aperture.

A is the case inclosing the ejecting mechanism, and upon the upper part of this case I fix the metal socket B, within which the lower end of the magazine O is secured, the screw 0 being used, if necessary, to grip the magazine. The magazine contains, as in the prior patent referred to, a rack 0 at each side and the weight 0 having spring-pawls c 'engaging in the racks, which prevent the weight rising, and so prevent the insertion of tickets from below. The slot in the lower end of the magazine, through which the tickets pass, is normally closed by the spring-shutter 0 raised on inserting the magazine by pins 5 in the bottom of the socket, which project through holes 0 in the bottom plate of the magazine and push up the shutter.

The bottom plate of the magazine is slotted at 0 to permit the ejector D to act upon the lowermost ticket. This ejector is solid, so that there is nodanger of its getting out of order, the vertical socket permitting of this construction. The ejector is actuated by means of the handle E, which moves through a complete circle at each operation and turns the crank 6, connected to the ejector by the connecting-rod e. To prevent return movement of the handle,the ratchet-wheel F is providednvith which engage the pawls f. Owing, however, to the fact that the ejector after the last ticket has been delivered is stopped on the next operation by the weight 0 and consequently if it remains in the same position would interfere with the fresh magazine, which must now be inserted, since the bottom ticket would rest upon its end, it is necessary to withdraw the ejector, so as to clear the magazine, and for this purpose I cut away the teeth of the ratchetwheel at f, allowing slight play for the handle at the beginning of its stroke. The hinged stop 6 is provided for use when the apparatus is not required, preventing the handle being turned accidentally.

The ejecting-opening Z) in the base of the socket B is covered by the guard-plate 6 and is normally closed by the spring-arm G, the end g of which is turned up to prevent any ticket being ejected or passed back through the slot. This arm has a shoulder g forming a cam-surface, and the arm H, carried by the slide, bears against the hinged stop-arm Gr, keeping it in closed position until it passes the shoulder g, when the arm is forced down by the spring g and leaves the ejecting-slot clear, this action taking place just as the ticket is pushed to the front. The spring is carried by the pivot g of the stop-arm and bears on the upper side of the arm. The pivot g is secured in the fixed lugs 9 When the magazine is removed, it would be possible without the use of the stop-bar for the attendant to pass tickets or checks through the slot of the socket without registering the issue; but with this stop there is no opportunity of doing this, as the sliding ejector D prevents access to the inner side of the slot when the shutter is lowered. It is of course to be understood that a screen or guard completely cuts the operator off from the public, openings being provided sufficient only for the reception of money, and the only aperture large enough for the passage of tickets is that provided by the ejecting apparatus. The guard-plate covers the outer part of the ticket-passage, so that there is no gap between the apparatus and the screen.

The counting or registering apparatus J is shown at the side of the case, the counter consisting of disks or pointers actuated, as in my prior patent, by an arm having a spring 7', against which the end of the ejector-arm H bears. The electrical distant indicator has its circuit connected to the two curved contact-springs K, which are brought into contact with each other when the spring 7' is pressed back, a small roller on the end of the spring meeting the contacts and closing the MW 3dr circuits. Each issue is thus registered both at the apparatus itself and simultaneously by the distant indicator, which is in the managefis room or other convenient part.

What Iclairn as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a ticket or check delivery apparatus, a detachable ticket-magazine, a ticket-slot in the lower end of the magazine, a spring-shutter closing the slot, a fixed vertical socket receiving the lower end of the magazine and studs in the socket raising the shutter on the insertion of the magazine, substantially as herein described.

2. In a ticket or check delivery apparatus, a sliding ejector, a rotating crank to operate the ejector, a connection between the crank and ejector, a ratchet-wheel and pawl at the crank and a gap in the teeth of the ratchet- Wheel to give slight play to the ejector at the beginning of the stroke, substantially as herein described.

3. In a ticket or check delivery apparatus in which the tickets are ejected through a slot, a stop-arm normally obstructing the slot, independent of and moving transversely to the ejecting mechanism, and means actuated by the ejecting mechanism for holding the arm in obstructing position and moving it aside only at the moment of ejection.

4. In a ticket or check delivery apparatus, a spring stop-arm normally closing the ejecting apparatus having a cam-surface and a sliding ejector having an extension acting on the stop-arm and sliding over the cam-surface, holding the arm in closed position, but permitting it to be lowered only during delivery, substantially as herein described and shown.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT MARSH.

Witnesses:

FRANK WV. PATTISON, R. WVnsTAoo'rT. 

